Determining Position Of Object In Well

Determining Position Of Object In Well patent applications listed include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

Method and system for alignment of a wellbore completion02/19/15 - 20150047839 - Wireless downhole sensor technology is being deployed in oil and gas wells. System components are inductively coupled, which enables remote placement of apparatus on the outside of wellbore conduit without the need for any wired connection. These systems make use of a pair of conductive elements that need to be...

Automatic packer02/12/15 - 20150041124 - A downhole apparatus including a tool body and a sealing element disposed within the tool body. Also, at least one sensor disposed on the tool body, wherein the sensor is configured to take measurements from a well and wherein the sensor measures an actuation condition, the sensor signals the sealing...

Magnetic latching device for downhole wellbore intercept operations02/05/15 - 20150034312 - A downhole magnetic latching tool includes at least one permanent magnet deployed on a non-magnetic tool body. A magnetically permeable housing is deployed about the permanent magnet. The magnetic latching tool provides an attractive magnetic force between a drill string and a cased target wellbore....

Multiple-interval wellbore stimulation system and method01/22/15 - 20150021021 - Disclosed are systems and methods for carrying out multiple-interval stimulation of a wellbore. One disclosed method includes introducing one or more wellbore projectiles into a work string including a completion assembly having a first downhole tool arranged within a first interval, a second downhole tool arranged within a second interval,...

Intelligent well system and method01/15/15 - 20150013976 - An intelligent well system and method has a sand face completion and a monitoring system to monitor application of a well operation. Various equipment and services may be used. In another aspect, the invention provides a monitoring system for determining placement of a well treatment. Yet another aspect of the...

Method of signaling passage of objects using tattle-tale apparatus12/25/14 - 20140374092 - An electro-mechanical indicator system for signaling when a droppable object (such as, for example, a dart, plug or ball) is released during well cementing operations. A body section has first and second chambers divided by a fluid and pressure sealing barrier. A mechanical trigger mechanism is situated in the first...

Automated wellbore equipment feeding system11/27/14 - 20140345858 - An apparatus for manipulating objects include a plurality of actuators distributed on a rig. The actuators cooperate to orient and move the well equipment. Each actuator may include at least one non-rigid tension member configured to engage the well equipment, and at least one sensor generating a signal representative of...

Method for inducing and further propagating formation fractures09/18/14 - 20140262251 - Fractures are induced from lobe shaped inflatable members disposed at different axial locations along a string with frac ports in the circumferential gaps between the lobes. The lobes are inflated by landing a ball on a seat on a sleeve that is initially shifted enough to expose a fill port...

Cement plug location09/11/14 - 20140251603 - The disclosure describes a system and a method for locating a cement plug within a wellbore. The system includes a signal transmitter mounted to the cement plug, a receiver at the opening to the wellbore, one clock positioned on the cement plug and in communication with the transmitter, a second...

Velocity sensor for a plunger lift system08/21/14 - 20140231079 - A velocity sensor, a controller, a plunger lift system and method for controlling a plunger lift system is provided. The velocity sensor can use a first magnetic field sensor and a second magnetic field sensor spaced a sensor distance to determine a velocity of a plunger as it passes the...

Casing collar location using elecromagnetic wave phase shift measurement08/07/14 - 20140216734 - A method for locating casing collars in a cased wellbore includes moving a well logging instrument coupled within a drill string through the cased wellbore. The instrument includes at least one electromagnetic transmitter and at least two spaced apart electromagnetic receivers. The at least one electromagnetic transmitter is energized with...

Sandline spooling measurement and control system08/07/14 - 20140216735 - Example embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to measurement and control systems and methods of improved spooling accuracy. Specifically, the systems and method disclosed herein provide techniques for accurately monitoring the depth of a sandline in a wellbore through sensing spool rotation, and controlling certain aspects of the spooling...

A system and method for correcting downhole speed07/24/14 - 20140202691 - A method of correcting a downhole speed of a tool string moving in a wellbore includes inserting a tool string into a proximal upper end of the wellbore, spooling out cable at the surface allowing the tool string to move into the wellbore, obtaining a downhole tool speed with an...

Multi-window lateral well locator/reentry apparatus and method07/10/14 - 20140190688 - An apparatus and method for locating multiple windows in a wellbore. The windows are associated with lateral wells. The apparatus may include: a running tool connected to a work string, wherein the running tool contains an inner bore being located at a distal end of the running tool; a swing...

Wellbore servicing assemblies and methods of using the same07/03/14 - 20140182849 - A wellbore servicing system comprising a casing string disposed within a wellbore, a work string at least partially disposed within the casing string and having a wellbore servicing tool incorporated therein, wherein the wellbore servicing tool is selectively transitionable between a jetting configuration and a mixing configuration, wherein the wellbore...

Methods and apparatus for evaluating downhole conditions through rfid sensing06/26/14 - 20140174732 - An apparatus and method may operate to mount one or more communication assemblies relative to the exterior of a casing being placed in a borehole. Two communication assemblies can be placed in longitudinally spaced relation to one another along the casing, wherein each communication assembly is configured to obtain data...

Caliper steerable tool for lateral sensing and accessing05/22/14 - 20140138084 - Embodiments of a method and apparatus for locating lateral wellbores extending from a main wellbore includes a caliper sensing tool having spring actuated calipers extending radially therefrom. Each of the calipers is connected to a sensor, such as a linear variable displacement sensor, that is used to calculate the radial...

Safety system for autonomous downhole tool05/15/14 - 20140131035 - A tool assembly for performing a wellbore operation including an actuatable tool, a location device, and on-board controller are together dimensioned and arranged to be deployed in the wellbore as an autonomous unit. The actuatable tool, such as a perforating gun having associated charges, perforates a wellbore along a selected...

Systems and methods for maneuvering downhole tools in a subsea well05/08/14 - 20140124197 - A method for maneuvering a downhole tool in a well system includes: displacing a tool through a riser; detecting electromagnetic radiation from a source in real time using a detector coupled to the tool; and altering the velocity of the tool in response to detecting the electromagnetic radiation....

Remote activated deflector05/08/14 - 20140124198 - A wellbore y-block junction comprises a first bore channel, a second bore channel, a deflector selectable to a neutral position, to a first bore channel selected position, and to a second bore channel selected position, a radio receiver, and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to command the deflector...

Plunger fall time identification method and usage04/17/14 - 20140102698 - A method for determining when a plunger reaches the bottom of an oil or gas well equipped with a plunger lift system. More particularly, the method identifies a surface pressure associated with the plunger reaching the bottom....

Detection of position of a plunger in a well04/03/14 - 20140090837 - A system for identifying location of a plunger that moves along a length of a well, includes an acoustic source carried in the well configured to transmit an acoustic signal when the plunger reaches a sense location in the well. An acoustic receiver is positioned at a top of the...

Systems and methods for locating wellbore servicing tools within a wellbore02/13/14 - 20140041866 - Disclosed are methods and systems for accurately locating wellbore servicing tools within a wellbore. A positioning system includes an elongate housing defining a piston bore with first and second axial ends, a sleeve arranged within the piston bore and having an upset extending radially outward therefrom, one or more lugs...

Correlating depth on a tubular in a wellbore12/19/13 - 20130333883 - Techniques for correlating depth on a tubular in a wellbore include a casing collar locator tool that includes a tubular mandrel defining a bore therethrough; a top sub-assembly and a bottom sub-assembly carried on the tubular mandrel; a profile carried on the tubular mandrel axially between the top sub-assembly and...

System and method of coiled tubing depth determination10/31/13 - 20130284434 - A system for determining a depth in a wellbore of a reference point associated with a coiled tubing. The system comprises a sensor coupled to a coiled tubing spool, wherein the sensor coupled to the coiled tubing spool is configured to determine an angular position of the spool, a processor...

Method for automatic control and positioning of autonomous downhole tools10/03/13 - 20130255939 - Methods and apparatus for actuating a downhole tool in wellbore includes acquiring a CCL data set or log from the wellbore that correlates recorded magnetic signals with measured depth, and selects a location within the wellbore for actuation of a wellbore device. The CCL log is then downloaded into an...

Autonomous downhole conveyance system09/26/13 - 20130248174 - A tool assembly is provided that includes an actuatable tool such as a valve or a setting tool. And includes a location device that senses the location of the tool assembly within a tubular body based on a physical signature. The tool assembly also includes an on-board controller configured to...

Apparatus and methods for wellbore completion08/22/13 - 20130213646 - A bottomhole assembly deployable into a wellbore on coiled tubing and which has at least a casing collar locator, a fluid-delivery apparatus for delivery treatment fluid and a sealing element, typically a packer positioned therebetween, permits delivery of treatment fluid to a plurality of ports formed in casing through either...

Actuation system and method for a downhole tool08/15/13 - 20130206401 - An actuation system and method for a downhole tool. The downhole tool includes a body having an axial bore extending at least partially therethrough and a chamber disposed radially-outward from the bore. A valve is disposed within the bore and adapted to move between a first position which prevents fluid...

Actuation dart for wellbore operations, wellbore treatment apparatus and method08/15/13 - 20130206402 - An actuation dart for actuating a target tool in a tubing string, the actuation dart includes: a body conveyable through the tubing string to reach the target tool; a control module configured to respond to contact with at least one downhole tool in the tubing string to locate the target...

Apparatus and method for preventing damage to a downhole pump impeller08/08/13 - 20130199776 - A method for preventing damage to a downhole pump impeller of a downhole pump includes setting a rotatable part of a downhole pump to a selected depth, monitoring the depth of the rotatable part, determining that the depth of the rotatable part has significantly changed, and taking a corrective action...

Indicator and method of verifying a tool has reached a portion of a tubular07/25/13 - 20130186620 - An indicator includes a body configured to be run within a tubular from a first portion to a second portion of the tubular, a sensor disposed at the body configured to detect when a tool run through the tubular has reached the body, and a signal generator configured to send...

Optical casing collar locator systems and methods03/07/13 - 20130056202 - Fiber optic enabled casing collar locator systems and methods include a wireline sonde or a coil tubing sonde apparatus configured to be conveyed through a casing string by a fiber optic cable. The sonde includes at least one permanent magnet producing a magnetic field that changes in response to passing...

Apparatus and method for controlling a completion operation02/28/13 - 20130048275 - A method, computer-readable medium and apparatus for delivering a material to a downhole location in a formation is disclosed. A device is operated at a surface location to produce an action at the downhole location related to delivery of the material to the formation. A downhole parameter is measured at...

Control line space out tool01/17/13 - 20130014942 - A control line space out tool for use in identifying the length of control line required to extend between proximal and distal locations in a wellbore is described, the control line space out tool comprises a body having a locator for locating the tool at a proximal location within a...

Inflow control in a production casing12/06/12 - 20120305243 - The present invention relates to a downhole inflow control system for controlling an inflow of fluid into a casing from outside the casing, such as from a reservoir or an intermediate casing. The downhole inflow control system comprises a casing having an axial extension and a wall having a wall...

Verification of swelling in a well11/22/12 - 20120292023 - A method of verifying swelling of a swellable material in a well can include connecting a transmitter to a sensor which senses a parameter indicative of degree of swelling of the swellable material, and conveying a receiver into an interior of a tubular string. The transmitter transmits to the receiver...

Wellhead ball launch and detection system and method09/20/12 - 20120234534 - A wellhead ball launch detection system includes a detectable ball, and a detector, attachable to a wellhead, having an aperture, configured to detect passage of the detectable ball therethrough....

Gravel pack inner string hydraulic locating device05/03/12 - 20120103603 - A downhole assembly, such as a toe-to-heel gravel pack assembly, has a body with a body passage, outlet ports for slurry, and screens for fluid returns. An inner string deploys in the body to perform the toe-to-heel gravel packing. A telescoping adjustment device allows the inner string to space out...

Pipeline instrumentation and control system12/22/11 - 20110308796 - A pipeline instrumentation and control system comprising a first electrically insulated radiating cable for controlled radiation and reception of electromagnetic signaling carried to a second electrically insulated radiating cable wherein first and second electrically insulated radiating cables are axially disposed along a production well pipe and wherein first axially radiating...

Downhole markers12/08/11 - 20110297371 - The present disclosure relates to one or more methods and apparatus to dispose one or more markers within a subterranean formation. The method includes positioning a drill probe assembly in a borehole extending into the subterranean formation, drilling a hole through a sidewall of the borehole with a flexible shaft...

System and method for determining position within a wellbore08/11/11 - 20110192599 - A method of locating a wellbore feature, comprising delivering a mechanical position determination tool into the wellbore, selectively causing an undulating curvature of the mechanical position determination tool in response to a change in a fluid pressure, moving the mechanical position determination tool along a longitudinal length of the wellbore,...

Downhole tool04/28/11 - 20110094734 - A means of investigating the quality and/or nature of perforations in a downhole environment is disclosed. A ‘pecking’ finger and depth measuring probe that can be axially and radially displaced enables the perforation to be located and its depth determined, through sequentially pecking around the wall lining in patterns such...

Indicator and method11/11/10 - 20100282461 - An indicator comprising a band having a first radial dimension; one or more protectors having a greater radial dimension and disposed sufficiently proximate the band to substantially avoid wear of the band during running of the indicator and method....

Location-and-rotation feedback tool for subsea wellheads and method of operating same09/30/10 - 20100243244 - A location-and-rotation feedback tool that provides accurate feedback of the location and orientation of a well component during running operations in wells. The feedback tool device is adapted to be secured on a tool stem above a running tool and comprises a body, a circumferentially extending groove, and a hole...

Bottom hole assembly for wellbore operations08/12/10 - 20100200226 - An embodiment of a method of performing a wellbore operation in an oilfield comprises providing a bottom hole assembly on a conveyance, deploying the bottom hole assembly into the wellbore with the conveyance, determining the depth location of the bottomhole assembly in the wellbore utilizing a mechanical device, moving the...

Method of placing ball sealers for fluid diversion05/20/10 - 20100122813 - A method for placing ball sealers within a well formed within a subterranean formation for sealing holes in a casing of the well is carried out by performing at least one of two operations. The first operation involves providing a tag with at least one ball sealer or a carrier...

Locator tool and methods of use05/13/10 - 20100116492 - Methods and devices are provided for accurately determining depths of certain structures in downhole strings. Locator tools comprise a shaft and a plurality of locator springs longitudinally mounted on the shaft. The locator springs are biased to expand and are configured to compress to allow the tool to traverse past...

Tubing expansion04/01/10 - 20100078166 - A method of expanding a tubular downhole comprises mounting a sensing device in a downhole tubular to be expanded, expanding at least a portion of the tubular and then engaging the sensing device with a retrieving device. The sensing device is then translated through the expanded tubular....

Apparatus and method for detection of position of a component in an earth formation02/25/10 - 20100044035 - An apparatus for detecting a position of a component in an earth formation is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to emit a first magnetic field into the earth formation and induce an electric current in the component, the transmitter having a first magnetic dipole extending in a first...

Method and apparatus for programmable robotic rotary mill cutting of multiple nested tubulars02/18/10 - 20100038080 - A methodology and apparatus for cutting shape(s) or profile(s) through well tubular(s), or for completely circumferentially severing through multiple tubulars, including all tubing, pipe, casing, liners, cement, other material encountered in tubular annuli. This rigless apparatus utilizes a computer-controlled, downhole robotic three-axis rotary mill to effectively generate a shape(s) or...

Motion detector12/24/09 - 20090314491 - A method and an apparatus for activating an event if an object has undergone a pattern of motion with alternating motion and standstill which corresponds to a predetermined sequence of motions, in which all forms of motion are included....

Methodolgy and apparatus for programmable robotic rotary mill cutting of multiple nested tubulars12/17/09 - 20090308605 - A methodology and apparatus for cutting shape(s) or profile(s) through well tubular(s), or for completely circumferentially severing a well through multiple tubulars, including all tubing, pipe, casing, liners, cement, other material encountered in tubular annuli. This rigless apparatus utilizes a computer-controlled, downhole robotic three-axis rotary mill to effectively generate a...

Single trip tubing punch and setting tool08/06/09 - 20090194277 - A tubing punch and setting tool (TPST), operating on a single run for improved well bore intervention. The tool includes a setting tool for connecting to and setting a reference tool in a tubing string, a punch tool for punching holes in the tubing string wall, and actuation means to...

Drifting tubing07/09/09 - 20090173495 - A method of checking for restrictions in a string of tubing formed of a plurality of tubing sections. The method involves providing a profile in the tubing string, providing a drift member adapted to engage with the profile, passing the drift member through the tubing string, and determining whether the...

Surface tagging system with wired tubulars06/18/09 - 20090151939 - Downhole systems and methods including tags configured to provide distinguishable identifiers are set for selective release to a subsurface location. Sources/sensors in the wellbore are activated to detect the tags at a subsurface location, and signal data associated with the detected tags is conveyed to the surface....

System and method to provide verification during a fishing operation in a wellbore06/18/09 - 20090151940 - A technique provides a system and method to verify attachment of a fishing tool with a downhole well tool. The fishing tool comprises a latching mechanism that latches onto the well tool to be retrieved. The fishing tool also comprises a detection device to verify connection of the latching mechanism....